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ME TOO. my wiring harness will be installed tomorrow night. I got the dash ALMOST wired up. need to wire the fans up and tape some wires up and make it look pretty. Then i need to just put the dash in, plug some wires in and it will great. Motor cranks over good too. i got the starter working and it sounds great.CBR_TOY wrote:i'm ready for some sideways videos of this thing already!!!!
I made my hood shut. cut all the underside out and hood pined it shut haha. cheap and effective. still need a driveline, and i have tons of little crap to do but its coming along smooth
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hey guys,
little update here:
so i got it fired up and running, it ran on 2 cylinders, but then after swapping some coil packs everything is good. i went through and unplugged each injector one at a time and the cylinder dropped, did the same with the coil packs. My spark plugs are crappy, and i ordered new ones be in on monday.
My alternator was making noise, and so i needed to swap it out, but ca18 parts are hard to find. So I used a ka24de alternator and modified up upper mount, then my water pump leaked. So i figured out that the alternator bracket bolts are ALSO water pump bolts haha. So it started to leak. then i decided to remove the timing belt cover and the pump and clean it out and get a new thermostat. I am going to get a thermostat later on, and i cleaned the pump. need to weld the bracket that i modified and seal the pump and put it back together. might run good now.
Drive line is being made tomorrow, i have been slacking on getting it made. wiring is pretty much done. i need to drive it and see how it goes. it revs decent, it seems like it starts to miss fire as revs increase and it runs like a tractor, BUT the plugs are in bad shape so im blaming those right now haha.
little update here:
so i got it fired up and running, it ran on 2 cylinders, but then after swapping some coil packs everything is good. i went through and unplugged each injector one at a time and the cylinder dropped, did the same with the coil packs. My spark plugs are crappy, and i ordered new ones be in on monday.
My alternator was making noise, and so i needed to swap it out, but ca18 parts are hard to find. So I used a ka24de alternator and modified up upper mount, then my water pump leaked. So i figured out that the alternator bracket bolts are ALSO water pump bolts haha. So it started to leak. then i decided to remove the timing belt cover and the pump and clean it out and get a new thermostat. I am going to get a thermostat later on, and i cleaned the pump. need to weld the bracket that i modified and seal the pump and put it back together. might run good now.
Drive line is being made tomorrow, i have been slacking on getting it made. wiring is pretty much done. i need to drive it and see how it goes. it revs decent, it seems like it starts to miss fire as revs increase and it runs like a tractor, BUT the plugs are in bad shape so im blaming those right now haha.
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straight track only. will see very little street time. basicly drive to and from the track and to meets ect.DjSpecter wrote:HELL YEA!! Is this a strickly track car or a strret car as well?
its registered and titled so its drive able.
I WILL MAKE videos of the first drive. i just want to get the bugs worked out and get it running super good first. right no it just idles and is super loud haha
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I saved all the pics of your car and most of them are screensavers. Im just....CRAZY about this. I mean most people say wow just a engine swap. But to me its AWESOME> you do most of the work yourself and are very much dedicated to the car. Its comming together in record time. I mean DUDE KEEP UP THE AWESOME-NESS!!!
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DjSpecter wrote:I saved all the pics of your car and most of them are screensavers. Im just....CRAZY about this. I mean most people say wow just a engine swap. But to me its AWESOME> you do most of the work yourself and are very much dedicated to the car. Its comming together in record time. I mean DUDE KEEP UP THE AWESOME-NESS!!!
AND its people like YOU! that keep me motivated! thanks guy.
I am seriously 20 years old, i do about 99% of my own work on my car, i love trouble shooting things, and i enjoy doing things myself. I always have freinds over and we do projects. Im having fun with this build and cant wait to start a new one.
Soon as i move back to washington i am going to look into purchasing 2 sr5 zenki coupes haha. one of them will get an sr20det for a FULL formula D and D1 legal car, and the second will be a daily, with a 16v on itb and 20v electronics.
ALSO ANYONE wanting to do a major swap, consider using a painless wiring kit. I WISH i would have bought like a 10 circut painless kit and eliminated the OEM wiring harness. my formula d d1 car will have a full painless kit and ditch the oem wiring, it makes motor swapps easy. right now i have a key that is a starter......everything else is on switches that get battery power.
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